Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) seeking a new opportunity? We have Community Staff Nurse positions available within the team in North Sedgemoor covering Highbridge, Burnham, Cheddar, Axbridge and all the villages in between. Should you be successful the team cross-cover the whole area.The shift patterns are 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm 10am-6pm or 2pm-10pm. You will also work one in four weekends which include additional unsocial hours enhanced payments. We offer flexible working solutions where possible to ensure a work-life balance and part-time hours will be considered.You'll need to be a car driver with your own vehicle to visit patients in there own homes. We offer a generous mileage allowance to cover the use of your car for NHS business, which includes both mileage and depreciation.If you're a qualified RN looking for a rewarding challenge to advance your nursing career, join our friendly, and highly skilled team of nurses and support staff. We also welcome applications from newly qualified nurses, where we can offer you preceptorship to support and guide you in your new role.

Main duties of the job

As a community nurse, you'll provide care to patients in their homes, managing a range of complex health issues and collaborating with various other disciplines.You'll also work closely with the Hospital @ Home team, focused on preventing acute admission. You'll develop a broad range of nursing skills, including IV medication administration, palliative and end-of-life care, complex wound management, catheter and continence care, diabetes management, PICC line care, medication administration, and drain tube management.You'll need to make autonomous clinical decisions and create holistic care plans, with the support of your colleagues and Team Leaders. Comprehensive training and guidance will be provided by our dedicated Clinical Lead nurses.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will be able to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Community Nurses work as part of a team providing high quality and compassionate care to individuals. The Community Nurse is an autonomous practitioner who is responsible for the holistic assessment of both complex and simple care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care and delegation of care where appropriate to other members of the team. They will support the multidisciplinary team in the delivery of high-quality care to enable individuals to achieve their person-centred goals.

The Community Nurse will take responsibility of the patients care pathway and non clinical duties in the absence of the Team Leader. They will have the understanding to address complex problems in their day-to-day work, reporting concerns to a Team Leader.

The Community Nurse will be able to work effectively as part of a team and will always act within the limits of their competence, knowing who to ask for help and support as required. Community Nurses will operate within agreed ways of working, following the relevant standards, policies and protocols used in their workplace including the standards in the NMC Code, Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Relevant degree in Nursing or equivalent qualification.
• Registration with the appropriate professional body.

Desirable

• Evidence of continuing professional development and to have undertaken post registration training.
• Coaching and mentorship skills

Experience

Essential

• Knowledge and experience of current national policies affecting the NHS.
• Knowledge of audit and research skills.
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Knowledge of Physical and mental health needs or know where to access appropriate services.

Desirable

• Substantial experience in the required setting
• Demonstrate experience in the required setting.
• Demonstrate clinical and managerial leadership ability.
• Experience of working with multi agency services.
• Ability to undertake the higher level clinical skills required for the specialist area.
• Experience of specialist working in District nursing.
• Demonstrate knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions in area of specialism.
• Experience of developing specialist programmes of care to an individual patient.

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of good standard of Literacy and English language skills.
• Ability to communicate in a professional way with people at all levels of understanding either face to face, on the telephone, e-mail, or written communication by dealing with incident reports or writing statements.
• Compassionate with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives remaining sensitive empathetic, open minded and treating all people with dignity and respect.
• Recognising in yourself and others the impact that frequent exposure to distressing circumstances has on care and compassion and being able to respond professionally.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Analytical skills to deal with interpreting clinical information.
• Professional and patient focussed approach, acting as a role model to colleagues and junior staff members.
• Ability to manage own time and time of others.
• Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
• Ability to take instruction and work as part of a team, motivate self and others.
• Basic computer skills
• Ability to drive and have own transport.
• Flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the service.
• Acts in a way that supports equality and diversity.

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

District Nurses

Dancing Lane

Wincanton

Somerset

BA9 9DG

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